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A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Restarting an economy: points to ponder from historyWhen and how fast to reopen the economy is a controversial issue. Reopening will become increasingly difficult with time because there are more opportunities for...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on May. 14, 2020Last comment by Douglas Moran, on May 15, 2020 at 3:24 pm | 6 comments | 4497 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Open Letter to SCC Public Health on excessive restrictions, esp NurseriesI was shocked to see (garden) nurseries become delivery-only businesses in recent update of the Shelter-In-Place (SIP) Order (^
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Apr. 18, 2020Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Apr 26, 2020 at 1:11 am | 52 comments | 11686 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
America held hostage ... by Congressional Democrats (COVID-19)If you can't accept that criticism of one political party isn't necessarily advocacy for another, this blog is not for you. Unemployment claims this week were...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Apr. 9, 2020Last comment by Hindsight 20/20, on Apr 15, 2020 at 12:17 am | 22 comments | 7977 Views
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Profiteering off medical equipment and its export unimpeded (COVID-19)Medical equipment shortages have been in the national headlines for weeks, but a significant part of the problem has been profiteers sending it overseas. Bet most...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Apr. 3, 2020Last comment by mauricio, on Apr 7, 2020 at 4:17 pm | 9 comments | 7657 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Remember the failures for when it's time for fixes: COVID-19I likely have COVID-19, but mine is so mild that I wouldn't have noticed if I were keeping a normal sleep schedule. But like so, so many others, I will never show...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Mar. 27, 2020Last comment by home front for Corona, on Apr 3, 2020 at 11:11 am | 20 comments | 7276 Views
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COVID-19: Critiquing News Releases: What's missing + teachable opportunities"Updated Guidance ... Hosting ... Community Events ... : Ensure ... urge attendees to wash hands often ... If ... not available ... hand sanitizer ..."...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Mar. 19, 2020Last comment by brrrrr market, on Mar 21, 2020 at 10:43 am | 3 comments | 10347 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Preparing for COVID-19: An epidemic is not a hurricane. Panic buying harmfulEmergency preparedness advice in the US is strongly oriented toward hurricanes. No surprise, because hurricanes are the most common major disaster in terms of people...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Mar. 3, 2020Last comment by ‘nobody told me that, nobody knows that’, on Mar 11, 2020 at 6:39 am | 15 comments | 7620 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Underappreciated Unknowns & inexplicable failuresPublic complacency about COVID-19 is being promoted by the authorities' message of "Everything is (currently) under control" where the "currently"...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Feb. 28, 2020Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Mar 6, 2020 at 5:14 pm | 15 comments | 15012 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Pseudo-Primary for CA Senate District 13: some thoughtsA big frustration with local candidates is that they resist differentiating themselves from their opponents. When pressed, the typical answer is so weak as to be...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Feb. 21, 2020Last comment by NeilsonBuchanan, on Feb 28, 2020 at 9:05 am | 4 comments | 8250 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Is Palo Alto prepared for a Coronavirus outbreak?No. I can confidently say this based upon earlier outbreaks -- they have repeatedly demonstrated that various failures by decision-makers and others are part of...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Jan. 30, 2020Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Feb 14, 2020 at 7:33 pm | 19 comments | 8617 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Expert witnesses are more than experts. Plus my 7 fundamental impeachment questionsArticles and books bemoaning the public's distrust of "experts" have been appearing for many years. One near constant is the author's refusal to...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Dec. 7, 2019Last comment by Why?, on Dec 15, 2019 at 2:16 am | 43 comments | 9110 Views
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Skeptical of the "skeptics" but not the advocates?In another blog on this site "^Skeptics, Dupes and Paranoids^" about the...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Sep. 22, 2019Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Nov 29, 2019 at 3:51 pm | 37 comments | 10400 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Anonymous Sources: Facebook and YouTube suppressing important questions and discussionOn Friday night (11/8), Facebook and YouTube announced that they would suppress any postings that included the name of the person widely believed to be the ==I "whistleblower&q...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Nov. 12, 2019Last comment by Pensacola, on Nov 23, 2019 at 11:51 am | 29 comments | 9193 Views
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Moral Panic, again on gunsA moral panic involves masses of people becoming irrational about a problem, both over-estimating how widespread and serious it is and demanding immediate action...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Aug. 22, 2019Last comment by Frohickey, on Sep 13, 2019 at 6:05 pm | 21 comments | 9160 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Support your local whistleblowers (inside social media companies)The Declaration of Independence is the name of the document, but the war is commonly called the American Revolution because it was much more than a war for independence....
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Jul. 3, 2019Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Aug 5, 2019 at 11:07 am | 26 comments | 6784 Views
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YouTube punishes publicizing of UK gangs sexually exploiting childrenThere is corporate PR and then there is reality. The New York Times reported ==I "^
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Jun. 6, 2019Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Jun 11, 2019 at 6:15 pm | 6 comments | 7071 Views
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Demonization: Single-family homeowners are deplorables, especially Palo AltansI have been attempting to produce a summary of the positions and arguments on the collection of bills in the California State Legislature advertised as responses...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on May. 26, 2019Last comment by Foreigner in the US, on Jun 3, 2019 at 1:08 pm | 43 comments | 8108 Views
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State Legislature on Housing: Getting the Demos out of Democracy & with it, AccountabilityThe State Legislature is in the middle of its annual exercise of stripping political power from the citizenry (Demos in Greek = people) and putting it in the hands...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Mar. 15, 2019Last comment by Michael O., on Apr 9, 2019 at 11:41 pm | 9 comments | 6927 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
Downtown Commercial Cap: Once more into the breachRemember when City Council was opposing the conversion of the President Hotel building from affordable housing to a hotel? Seems like just yesterday, but it was...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Feb. 10, 2019Last comment by Deception by Statistics, on Feb 11, 2019 at 2:56 pm | 4 comments | 5891 Views
A PRAGMATIST'S TAKE
How to Train your City Manager?Like a dragon, the City Manager is very powerful and sits atop substantial assets, both capital and monetary. As seen in the movie, training a dragon is not about...
Original post made by Douglas Moran on Jan. 29, 2019Last comment by Sunshine, on Feb 4, 2019 at 10:04 am | 5 comments | 6378 Views
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